The New Workforce

Two years ago, the cyberworkforce shortage was the number-one concern for chief information security officers (CISOs), security operations center (SOC) managers and other security leaders. Researchers estimated that there would be 1.8 million unfilled...

One of the core values of Agile is to maintain built-in quality, which implies that security controls should be embedded in the Agile mindset. However, it may be argued that information security and an Agile mindset do not always go hand in hand with...

So much has changed in 2020 for internal audit teams. The COVID-19 pandemic has forced teams to adopt new ways of working, caused change in the risk profiles of the organizations they serve and, for many, has resulted in pressure on resources that...

Security awareness and training programs (also known as user awareness programs) educate users about computer security and organizational policies and procedures for working with IT resources. User awareness programs can reduce information risk...

At a time when cyberthreats continue to grow, organizations around the globe are struggling to overcome the challenge of a cybersecurity workforce shortage. According to the 2019 Strategies for Building and Growing Strong Cybersecurity Teams...

In this time of the COVID-19 pandemic, personal cleanliness and hygiene are discussed more frequently than ever before. It is essential to maintain hygiene to stay safe and prevent the spread of COVID-19. Even from a cost perspective, the cost of being cautious...

Vasant Raval’s Corporate Governance: A Pragmatic Guide for Auditors, Directors, Investors, and Accountants clearly sets the tone for the reader in the preface by stating that the “primary purpose of this book is to provide as complete a picture of the current state of corporate governance in the USA.”

The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated many trends in information technology that were already evident before the global outbreak, including teleworking, cloud-based hosting and distance learning. Not all the accelerated trends were positive, however.

What a year 2020 was: climate change marked by wildfires across the globe and record counts of tropical storms; health welfare at center stage from a pandemic that changed people’s lives and attitudes; elections that called cybersecurity effectiveness...

“Brains are the only things worth having in this world, no matter whether one is a crow or a man.” Not that long ago, humankind used candles to produce light and horses to travel or to do mechanical work.

What is “zero trust” in information security? Is it a new concept or just old wine in a new bottle?